Table 4F(1). Induced transgenerational epigenetic changes
Stimulus or stress	Organism	References
Heat stress	Fission yeast (S. pombe)	(Seong, Li et al. 2011; Seong, Maekawa et al. 2012)
Heat and UV-B	Arabidopsis	(Lang-Mladek, Popova et al. 2010)
Heavy metals	Arabidopsis	(Rahavi, Migicovsky et al. 2011)
Heavy metals	Rice	(Ou, Zhang et al. 2012)
Bacterial infection	Arabidopsis	(Luna, Bruce et al. 2012)
Viral infection	Arabidopsis	(Dong 2004; Boyko, Kathiria et al. 2007)
Viral infection	Tobacco	(Kathiria, Sidler et al. 2010)
Chemicals and predation	Dandelion	(Verhoeven, Jansen et al. 2010; Verhoeven and van Gurp 2012)
Predation	Milkweed	(Rasmann, De Vos et al. 2012)
Drought exposure	Polygonum persicaria	(Herman, Sultan et al. 2012)
Multiple stressors	Plants	(Boyko and Kovalchuk 2010; Herman and Sultan 2011; Rasmann, De Vos et al. 2012)
RNA (induced RNAi or piRNA)	Nematode (C. elegans)	(Burton, Burkhart et al. 2011; Ashe, Sapetschnig et al. 2012)
Endocrine disruptors	Mice	(Bollati and Baccarelli 2010; Walker and Gore 2011; Manikkam, Tracey et al. 2013)
Maternal behavior	Rats	(Weaver, Cervoni et al. 2004; Szyf, Weaver et al. 2005)

 

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